Yeps seems it is a coin launched by 8bitcoder..eh MaxGuevara...eh WillowRosenberg...nono this is Neuromode (most probably one person, multiple accounts
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No wonder all the people using his coins complain about his absence....He has no time to code, with all the threads he is running at bitcointalk.
Coins he launched are at least:
Joulecoin
Myriad
Quark
Mimiccoin
Chaincoin
Involved with woodcoin
Skeincoin
.....
OK, let's just set the record straight here. I am the original creator of Unitus. I am not 8bitcoder nor do I go by any other name. Nor am I Neuromode - and Neuromode is not 8bitcoder (as I have had communication with both of them, and there is no-way they are the same person). I invited Neuromode to work with me on Unitus, one of his tasks was (and still is) to start and maintain this BCT thread.
I can't comment on your other list of coins, as I have no evidence that supports an answer either way, thus any comment would simply be speculation.
Unitus is a coin on it's own, however it remains closely related to Myriad - the creation of Unitus was a fork of Bitcoin Core 0.9.3, pulling in Myriad coins' multi-algorithm code, plus dogecoin's AuxPoW code. This is not news - this was clearly highlighted at release time.
Lastly, to answer a question that has come up here several times - why no roadmap / plans / etc? Two reasons.
First, this was conceived as a community coin - with the hope of bringing in development from parent coins. If there is a feature that you want - develop it. If you can't cut code yourself, post the idea here (and perhaps with a bounty?) and maybe someone else will work with you. I'll be happy to pull in any (sane!) changes to the wallet source that others develop.
Second, there's too many existing coins out there that promote themselves on a list of promised features and then never deliver, thus reinforcing the current environment of scam-coins and general distrust. So, what would you rather, a coin that over-promises and under-delivers, or one that under-promises but over-delivers?